{"id":1977281,"date":"2023-07-19T12:18:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T16:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/id-rather-drink-urine-bud-light-hit-with-intense-backlash-after-resuming-regular-posting\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T12:21:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T16:21:33","slug":"id-rather-drink-urine-bud-light-hit-with-intense-backlash-after-resuming-regular-posting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/id-rather-drink-urine-bud-light-hit-with-intense-backlash-after-resuming-regular-posting\/","title":{"rendered":"Bud Light faces backlash for resuming regular posts: &#8216;I prefer drinking urine&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fid-rather-drink-urine-bud-light-hit-with-intense-backlash-after-resuming-regular-posting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1977281&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Despite desperate attempts to move on\u2062 from its recent mistakes, Bud Light seemingly cannot repair its image.<\/h2>\n<p>By now\u200b almost everyone \u2062is familiar with the \u2063story. \u200cJust\u2064 to recap, however, a\u2063 few months ago, Bud Light partnered with transgender influencer \u2062and\u200d activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dylan-mulvaney-reveals-status-partnership-bud-light-fate-infamous-can\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dylan \u200bMulvaney<\/a>\u2062 for an\u200d advertising campaign, with Mulvaney\u2019s face pictured on\u200c their beer\u200b can in a social\u2064 media video.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 move led to a massive backlash \u200bagainst the brand \u2064and its parent company\u200b Anheuser-Busch,\u2064 with\u200b the company losing \u200crevenue and finding\u2063 itself\u2062 forced to <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bud-lights-dylan-mulvaney-partnership-now-cost-645-people-jobs-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">part ways with the executives<\/a>\u2063 responsible for the fiasco.<\/p>\n<p>Bud Light seems to\u200d have gotten\u200d the\u2063 message, \u2064however, and its \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/id-rather-drink-urine-bud-light-hit-with-intense-backlash-after-resuming-regular-posting\/\" title=\"Bud Light faces backlash for resuming regular posts: 'I prefer drinking urine'\">latest ad promoting summer beer sales<\/a> is \u2064an attempt to\u200c return\u2064 to the \u2062classic advertising\u200c that people loved \u2063about the company.<\/p>\n<p>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressman-elect-luke-letlow-passes-away-from-covid-at-41-louisiana-republican-was-to-be-sworn-in-next-week\/\" title=\"Congressman-Elect Luke Letlow Passes Away from COVID at 41; Louisiana Republican Was to Be Sworn in Next Week\">ad posted<\/a> to Twitter on Sunday shows two \u2064women with a pack of Bud \u2062Light walking outside on\u2063 a sunny summer\u200b day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"\u2064 lang=\"en\">Summer Sunday made \u2062easy\u200b <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q2o8q7RxMy\">pic.twitter.com\/Q2o8q7RxMy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bud Light (@budlight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/budlight\/status\/1680602145458909184?\">July \u200c16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the innocent,\u2062 fun\u2064 nature of this\u200d ad, people still took the opportunity to express their frustration with the company \u2062for its decision \u2064to get involved \u200dwith \u2064Dylan\u2062 Mulvaney.<\/p>\n<p>Some \u2062people responded \u200bto the \u2064post with \u2063pictures\u200b and videos of people\u200d throwing packs \u2063of Bud Light into dumpsters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p \u2064dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The uncropped version of the photo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/80kqJpF23k\">pic.twitter.com\/80kqJpF23k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NautPoso \u200d (@NautPoso) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NautPoso\/status\/1680638059770007555?\">July \u206416, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote\u200b class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p \u200cdir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This\u2062 is how I\u200c make my summer easy. <a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/t.co\/29NsUZBDop\">pic.twitter.com\/29NsUZBDop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2064 Audsauce \u2062(@Audjuice9989) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Audjuice9989\/status\/1680672893896646658?\">July 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One Twitter user \u2063simply\u200b wrote, \u2062\u201c<strong>I\u2019d\u200b rather drink\u200d Urine.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"\u2062 lang=\"en\">I\u2019d rather \u200cdrink Urine<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stevie Stacks  (@StevieStacks84) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StevieStacks84\/status\/1680639872262889472?\">July\u2064 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThese are some pretty harsh\u200b words for the company, \u2063but not unexpected, given the \u2064recent\u2064 firestorm. What\u200d is \u2064fascinating, however, \u200dis\u200d that\u200b it \u200bis now \u2064nearly\u2063 four months since\u2062 the controversy\u2064 erupted, and the story\u2062 has not \u200cgone away.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives are \u2063used to boycotting woke companies,\u200b but these \u200bboycotts are \u2063usually small and \u200clast \u200conly\u2062 a week \u200dor two.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u200b case \u200bof \u2064Bud \u200bLight, however, the story has been \u200dgoing \u200con for four months and \u2063it still shows\u2062 no signs of going \u200baway anytime soon. Bud Light even took major losses during\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/americans-send-bud-light-brutal-message-july-4-sales-numbers\/\" \u2064target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fourth of July\u2063 holiday<\/a>, traditionally \u2064a big money-maker for\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rosie-odonnell-comes-unglued-over-kid-rock-shooting-up-bud-light-cases-in-response-to-trans-influencer-collaboration\/\" title=\"Rosie O\u2019Donnell Comes Unglued Over Kid Rock Shooting up Bud Light Cases in Response to Trans Influencer Collaboration\">beer companies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Do\u2062 you think Bud Light \u200bwill ever recover?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you think Bud \u200bLight \u2063will ever recover?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\tCompleting\u200b this poll entitles \u2062you to The Western Journal news updates \u2064free of\u2064 charge. 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